But wait, there’s more!!! Well, it’s Thursday again, dear digital neighbors. Good morning to all of you. I hope your week is going swimmingly well wherever life might find you. How about a few more fun quotes from The Portable Curmudgeon? A couple of thoughts on the wonderful world of advertising—and some wonderful (and wonderfully terrible) examples of it, courtesy of YouTube.
Since I no longer watch any network TV (with the exception of an occasional show on Peacock), I’ve avoided most TV advertising for the last decade or more. I still remember many of those commercials by K-tel from my childhood. K-tel was great for gadgets and some of the more interesting eclectic collections of music. Just evoking the names of the Pocket Fisherman, Veg-O-Matic, Mr. Microphone, or the Ginsu knife will allow the 1970s to haunt you for a good day. Don’t delay, call now! Happy Thursday my friends.
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get ...
Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman François-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the “Sun King” (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.
Although he spent time as a civil servant in the French embassy to the Hague, Voltaire’s main love was writing—an endeavor where he excelled in various genres, including poetry, which led to his appointment as the royal court poet for King Louis XV. Widely recognized as one of the greatest French writers, and even hyperbolically referred to by ...
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